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Dan Decker BooksJason Maxfield Work in ProgressThis week I'm going to be reading to you from the upcoming forthcoming Jason Maxfield thriller. book number four. I believe I have finally decided on a title. I'm not yet willing to share it, but I will be sharing it here as time goes on. for those of you that are not aware, Jason Maxfield is my primary thriller series at the moment. I have been really having a lot of time writing this book. It starts off with Max damage, and that story starts off with kind of a bang, and it just doesn't let up through...2025-07-2403 minDan Decker BooksChapter 8 of The Fixer AudiobookWell, we are finally coming to the end of the number of minutes I can release from the Fixer audio book before I start to run into problems with my exclusivity agreement on Audible. So today, I'm happy to present you with chapter eight, which will be the last free chapter I can post.
There are now eight total chapters out there available various places on YouTube, on my website, on Substack, and some of them even made it onto some social media platforms as well. So if you somehow missed those, definitely go and check those...2025-07-1006 minDan Decker BooksWork begins on Mitch Turner #7!Last week, I gave a writing update talking about both Audrey Spencer #2 and Jason Maxfield #4. But I neglected to mention that I am also now working on Mitch Turner #7! Yes, I have started the preliminary work on that novel, and I am excited so far about what the story is going to entail. I'm not going to say much more about it than that, but just wanted to make sure I also got that out there. Today we have chapters six and seven from The Fixer audiobook.
2025-06-2600 minDan Decker BooksJason Maxfield #4 is done, and I'm now full-time on Audrey Spencer #2!I am happy to report that Jason Maxfield number four was finished earlier this week! It was definitely a lot of fun, and I can't wait to get it out here in a few months for everybody to read.
This is one of Jason's most interesting adventures so far. In this story, he returns back to Chicago in search of the truth about what happened to him in the fateful events of the first book, Max Damage. I'm very pleased with how the series is progressing, and I am excited to get this book done!
Ri...2025-06-2102 minDan Decker BooksSample Chapter 5 - The FixerThis week I’m releasing Chapter 5 of my latest legal thriller audiobook The Fixer. The first four chapters are already available in a variety of places so check them out! A recent reader review of the ebook has this to say:
“A plot twister! Riveting. Great characters. A wonderfully twisted plot that keeps you second guessing "whodunnit" all through the book. Really well written. A great length..not too short or too long. Looking forward to reading more from this author!”
Anyhow, at this point in the story, Kirk Hoffman has now heard Dwayne Sachs’s versio...2025-05-3008 minDan Decker BooksSample Chapter 4 - The FixerI am continuing to work through my sample chapters for The Fixer, a legal Thriller. The first three sample chapters have already been released in a variety of places.
The full book, of course, is already available on Audible. https://www.audible.com/pd/B0F6DGG85F/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-447610&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_447610_rh_us
In the previous chapters, we've been introduced to Kirk Hoffman and the rest of his team, and we are now getting to know the client and hear his side of the story. So now on...2025-05-2208 minDan Decker BooksSample Chapter Three of The FixerThis week is Chapter Three!
The full audiobook is available on Audible.
AN INTERNET BULLY AND MILLIONAIRE IS CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Attorney Kirk Hoffman only represents the innocent and works behind the scenes to help his clients. But when Dwayne Sachs, a contentious online influencer and the son of a former client, comes to Hoffman on a murder charge, he can’t say no, even though it seems like a simple case and there is little doubt Dwayne is guilty.
He just seems the type.
BUT KIRK HOFFMAN IS CONVINCED DWAYNE SACHS IS...2025-05-1506 minDan Decker BooksSample Chapter Two - The FixerLast week featured Chapter One, and this week is Chapter Two!
The full audiobook is available on Audible.
AN INTERNET BULLY AND MILLIONAIRE IS CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Attorney Kirk Hoffman only represents the innocent and works behind the scenes to help his clients. But when Dwayne Sachs, a contentious online influencer and the son of a former client, comes to Hoffman on a murder charge, he can’t say no, even though it seems like a simple case and there is little doubt Dwayne is guilty.
He just seems the type.
BUT KI...2025-05-0817 minDan Decker BooksUpdates + The Fixer Audiobook First ChapterI have a number of updates this week and here is the first chapter from The Fixer audiobook! The book is available on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. Here is the Audible link: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0F6DGG85F/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-447610&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_447610_rh_us
2025-05-0115 minDan Decker BooksThe Fixer Audiobook has been submitted to Audible!The Fixer Audiobook should soon be available and other updates.
2025-04-2401 minDan Decker BooksMaking great progress on Jason Maxfield #4!I'm very pleased with how its coming, listen for details!
2025-04-1701 minDan Decker BooksThe Fixer Audiobook is almost done!I’m pleased to report that I finished with my review of the Fixer Audiobook this week and other updates, watch for the details!
2025-04-1001 minDan Decker BooksOnly The Guilty is on sale this month!Only The Guilty is on sale this month, courtesy of Amazon, and other updates, listen for details!
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Dan Decker BooksJason Maxfield #4 continues forward!Just started another draft of JM #4, Audrey Spencer #2 is going strong, and The Victim's Wife is still on sale but ends soon. Listen for details!
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Dan Decker BooksThe Fixer Audiobook is coming soon and other updates! Jason Maxfield #4 and Audrey Spencer are both moving forward. A new cover for The Second Option and The Fixer Audiobook. Listen for details!
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Dan Decker BooksThe Good Client on Sale TODAY only + Writing Updates!The Good Client is on sale for $2.49, today only! Jason Maxfield #4 is done with a big revision, Audrey Spencer #2 continues to move forward, listen to the podcast for details!
2025-03-1204 minDan Decker BooksAudrey Spencer #2, Jason Maxfield #4, and The Fixer AudiobookJason Maxfield #4 and Audrey Spencer #2 are both picking up some steam. I'm also working on The Fixer audiobook, listen for details!
2025-03-0604 minDan Decker BooksJason Maxfield #4 is back in production!Jason Maxfield #4 is going very well and working on Audrey Spencer #2 as well, listen for details!
2025-02-2704 minDan Decker BooksYA Fantasy is DONE! Now, onto Jason Maxfield #4.The YA Fantasy is done and going out to beta readers. I’m now turning full time to Jason Maxfield #4. And of course, I’ll be working on Audrey Spencer as well. Listen for the details!
2025-02-2003 minDan Decker BooksAudrey Spencer update, Jason Maxfield update, and YA Fantasy Almost Done!The YA Fantasy is almost done, working on Audrey Spencer, and I’m excited to pick up Jason Maxfield #4!
2025-02-1305 minDan Decker BooksMax Damage & Blood Games Sale + Writing update!Max Damage & Blood Games are on Sale on Amazon.com and Amazon.ca. I believe it lasts through the month of February. Check out the podcast for the writing update!
2025-02-0603 minDan Decker BooksMore about Audrey Spencer #2 and the YA Fantasy Project!It's been a good week, I'm making progress on an outline for Audrey Spencer #2!
2025-01-3004 minDan Decker BooksWork has begun on Audrey Spencer Book 2! I had some inspiration yesterday, and I started working on Audrey Spencer Number Two, that is the sequel to The Killer's Club. Listen to the podcast for details!
2025-01-2304 minDan Decker BooksWriting Update January 16, 2025Things are going well! Still working on the fantasy thriller project and gearing up for Jason Maxfield #4 and Audrey Spencer #2. Listen for more details.
2025-01-1602 minDan Decker BooksWriting Update - A New ProjectHope everybody's having a good week and a good day. Things over here at Grim Archer Media are going pretty dang well.
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Dan Decker BooksOff to a good start in a new year! Crazy to think that we're already in the new year. Hope everybody out there had a great holiday season and that you're buckling down for what the new year is going to bring to us. Anyhow, uh, just a couple of quick updates for you. If you missed it, The Second Option is now out and also The Fixer is out as well. Both of them came out in December and both of them are doing very well. So go ahead and check them out!
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Dan Decker BooksThe Second Option is almost done!! Hello, everybody. It's almost Christmas time. It's so crazy that we're basically just five or six days away from it now. Anyhow, thought I would just do a quick update here today. Things have been going very well. I got The Fixer out last week and now all versions are available except for the audiobook, which will come later.
Of course, but the paperback, the hardback and the ebook are now all available on Amazon. So if you haven't yet taken a look, you might want to consider it. I consider this to be one of the mo...2024-12-1904 min
Dan Decker BooksThe Fixer is now out!! It's been a long time in coming, but The Fixer is finally out and is now available on Amazon. I am so happy to finally have it out in the wild. Both the ebook is available as well as the hardcover. The paperback will be coming online here in a little bit as well. Kirk Hoffman is a great character and I think you guys are going to have a good time with this story.
Here is the book description:
AN INTERNET BULLY AND MILLIONAIRE IS CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Attorney Kirk Hoffman only represents the in...2024-12-1203 min
Dan Decker BooksMitch Turner #6, The Second Option, is done!I am happy to report that The Second Option, Mitch Turner book #6, is done and that copy editing and beta reading is underway! I can now safely say that I should be publishing this book in December.
It's always interesting for me to get to the end of another book. In some ways, I'm always glad to be done with the project because I've read through it so many times that I feel like if I have to do it one more time, I'm going to go crazy. On the other hand, it feels like I'm letting g...2024-12-0501 minDan Decker BooksAnnouncing The Second Option, the next Mitch Turner Legal Thriller!At long last I’m ready to reveal the title of the next Mitch Turner novel. I’ve previously just been referring to it as Mitch Turner #6, but I can now announce that it will be titled The Second Option.
I'm really excited about this title, and I think you will be too, when you read the book.
One of the things I wanted to highlight this week was the George W Dunne Cook County Office Building, which plays a big part in this story. It’s interesting sometimes because I hear other authors talking about h...2024-11-2102 min
Dan Decker BooksWriting update on Mitch Turner and a little about Barbara in book six!Mitch Turner #6 continues to move along. I am somewhere between 84 and 89% done. The story is really coming together. I just had a conversation with one of my primary editors and let him know that I should be getting it to him in the near future for copyediting.
This week I wanted to talk a little bit about Barbara. She has been Mitch's love interest on and off since the second book. And was even the subject of a full book in The Verdict. She does make an appearance again in this book. One of the things that's v...2024-11-1402 min
Dan Decker BooksMitch Turner will return soon!Well, here we are in a new month! November 2024. The end of the year is just right around the corner. While things have been very busy, I have been spending a lot of time here at Grim Archer Media headquarters working on Mitch Turner #6. Today I was looking at a note for a potential title for this book, and it struck me that the note that I made might be the actual title. It's still not a final decision, so I won't say anything about it here, but I think I have a title that will fit nicely with t...2024-11-0703 minDan Decker BooksMitch Turner #6 is right on target!Happy Halloween! It’s been another week and another draft of Mitch Turner Book 6 is done! I've had a couple more ideas come to me on the title of the novel but still nothing has solidified yet. Things are coming together, and with every passing day, I become more comfortable that I will hit my self-imposed deadline. There is not a lot to say about this part of the process as I fine-tune the story and the writing.
Book Six introduces a number of new characters that haven't been mentioned in previous books, characters that might show up...2024-10-3103 minDan Decker BooksMitch Turner #6 is building momentum!Mitch Turner #6 is inching forward along with increasing momentum, even though I did have a few days out of the office during the last week. I’m somewhere between 72% to 77% percent done with the manuscript. At this point I’m fine-tuning storylines, fixing problems, looking for continuity errors, and refining the story as a whole.
It’s always interesting how at this stage of the writing process, just a few words in the right place can shift the whole story. It’s always fascinating when that happens.
I have a couple of different titles that I’ve com...2024-10-2403 minDan Decker BooksMaking great progress on Mitch Turner #6!I have made great progress this week on Mitch Turner #6! The story is coming together as a whole. At this stage, I’m usually focused on what I can cut out. Many times, when I am writing, I will have various ideas that make their way into the manuscript. Many make it through into the final pass, but a lot of them don’t because they don’t fit, and because of that, I always have to be careful to look at what’s there, decide if it makes sense for it to stay, and if it does, how is it go...2024-10-1702 minDan Decker BooksWriting Update and All about Mitch Turner Book 6!
Hello and welcome back to the Dan Decker Books podcast. I hope everybody out there is having a great week this week. Over here at Grim Archer Media, things couldn't be going any better. Things have been going very well. As you probably know, I released the Killers Club audiobook last week and that has been off to a
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fantastic start. Thank you for all of you out there who are supporting that particular book. I know that there's a substantial portion of my readers that prefer audiobooks, and so I'm glad that I'm able to get that out there...2024-10-1011 minDan Decker BooksMy Legal Thriller InfluencesHere is a partial transcript of the show, for a full transcript, go to DanDeckerBooks.com!
Welcome to the Dan Decker Books Podcast. I'm Dan Decker, the author of The Good Client, Max Damage, and a bunch of other thrillers and legal thrillers, as well as a little bit of science fiction and fantasy. Thank you for joining me today.
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On this podcast, I give a writing update and usually share a thought or two about something else. This week's thought is about my legal thriller influences. Hello and welcome back. I hope everybody is having a great...2024-10-0312 minDan Decker BooksUpdates on The Killer's Club Audiobook, Mitch Turner #6, and more!On this week’s show: The Killers Club audiobook is now done and other updates!
Show Transcript:
Welcome to the Dan Decker Books Podcast. Hello and welcome back to the Dan Decker Books Podcast. I'm Dan Decker, the author of The Good Client, Max Damage, and a bunch of other thrillers and legal thrillers, as well as a little bit of science fiction and fantasy. Thank you for joining me today.
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On this podcast, I pretty much just give a writing update and maybe share a The Killers Club audiobook is now done. I just need to...2024-09-2612 minDan Decker BooksThe Dan Decker Books Podcast is back, featuring a sneak peek at The Fixer!On today's show: a writing update, an inspirational thought, and a first look at The Fixer!
2024-09-2011 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 25
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
THE REST OF THE drive passed slowly, with Kris making several more attempts to talk me out of my plan.
“You don’t have to come,” I said on the third try. “It’s better if you don’t.”
I wished I would have thought to look through Gary’s wallet when I’d searched...2019-09-2410 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 24
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
I ALMOST DROVE RIGHT past the mall and kept going. It would have been better for Kris if I did. She was way too involved as it was. But I thought of the kids, and that was what kept me going forward.
I needed additional resources if I was going to track them dow...2019-09-1020 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 23
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
I CAME TO A halt as soon as I turned. It was a dead end. Muttering a curse, I flipped around and saw the car had pulled up right outside the alleyway and that the front doors were opening.
Rushing towards the driver I grabbed him by the arm, yanking him all th...2019-09-0318 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 22
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
IT WASN’T UNTIL AFTER I’d walked several blocks that I realized I’d never done anything about the wound on my arm. I hadn’t even thought about the possibility I might have left blood in the Suburban.
Cursing, I punched the brick wall of a store I was passing, which of course made t...2019-08-2716 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 21
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
MY HEART BEAT IN my ears and my head hurt as the final image of the man I’d shot hung in front of my eyes, threatening to distract me from the road. My hands would have been shaking if it hadn't been for the way I clung to the steering wh...2019-08-2015 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 20
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
I BIT MY LIP to keep from swearing aloud as I looked at my watch. It was time to cut my losses and get out of here.
How long before Reed’s men showed up? Five minutes, maybe ten?
This place would soon be crawling with them. It was frustratin...2019-08-0922 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 19
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
AS I WALKED THROUGH the door, I was coiled like a snake ready to strike, doing my best to leave all thoughts of the men I’d killed outside.
I was zeroing in on my prey.
Reed was here and had known I was coming. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have sent his men out...2019-08-0617 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 18
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
THINGS WERE QUIET ON the other side, but I came down expecting to shoot almost as soon as I landed, thinking for sure there would be guards.
As I spun with my pistol in hand, looking for trouble, I spotted what I thought was a camera and was halfway to it before I realized it was a burned...2019-07-3015 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 17
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
KRIS PULLED INTO THE spot I had indicated. I pushed my seat back as far as it went, tilting it so I had a lower profile and taking advantage of the rear tinted windows. The casual passerby shouldn’t notice anything.
When Kris saw me staring at her, she muttered something under her breath while...2019-07-2313 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 16
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
KRIS WASN’T HARD TO find, but I had to circle the DataRader headquarters to do it. I had become antsy, and just as I was about to take out my phone, I spotted her SUV.
Within a stone's throw from the entrance to the parking garage.
She shouldn’t have parked...2019-07-1614 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 15
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
I SHIELDED MY EYES with a hand as I came around the corner and took in the scene before me. I had expected to come face to face with a wall of flame but found the explosions were blocked from view because they were coming from the far end of the compound. The crashing thunder echoed t...2019-06-2711 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 14
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
AS I STARED OUT at Reed’s compound something clicked in my mind and it all came together. I understood why Reed was having the fake me target DataRader.
It was about the kids.
He was trying to convince them they were my next targets. It was so obvious I wondered why I had...2019-06-2713 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 13
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
MY HANDS BURNED LIKE they were on fire. Ripping my eyes away from the children, I looked at them and realized I had balled them into fists and that they were shaking and numb. Even though my nails dug into the palms of my one hand and the edges of the monocular cut into the other...2019-06-2509 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 12
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
THE SPRAWLING DATARADAR COMPLEX had a large footprint on the outskirts of the city. Several structures were more than ten stories high, but most were less than five. It was an industrial location with residences and office space starting up a handful of blocks to the left.
Kris had checked...2019-06-1815 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 11
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
THE TEMPERATURE IN THE room didn’t change after Kris had gone. Jolene looked at her tablet, pretending like the exchange hadn’t happened.
Maxine fixed me with a cold stare. “My employees know I like to be told when I’m being stupid, Jake.” She straightened her back and twisted her head to the side. “The...2019-06-1110 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 10
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
MAXINE FROWNED AS SHE tapped her nails in a fast-paced staccato, making me think of a snare drum cadence for soldiers marching to war. I couldn’t help feeling she was gunning for me because I hadn’t said a word about Reed and she was already skeptical.
Jolene attached a keyboard...2019-05-2808 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 9
KRIS GAVE ME A tight smile when she arrived at the main entrance of the office building. Her dark hair had been twisted into a bun, and she’d changed clothes since I’d last seen her. Earlier in the day she’d been wearing a suit, she now wore slacks and a white blouse. As she twisted the lock to open the door, I expected to receive a lecture or at least an admonition of some sort.
“Glad you came to your senses.” The smile didn’t touch her e...2019-05-2815 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 8
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
MY HANDS WERE CLENCHED in fists as I watched the fire burn. People were sure to die just as they had during the Market Street and old Diggon headquarters bombings. It was with grim satisfaction that I thought of how I’d foiled Reed’s plans for Reading Market.
I wished I could have figured ou...2019-05-2112 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 7
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
AS I WALKED AWAY from Kris, I noticed that the people on the street seemed quieter than normal. I pulled out my smartphone which--was still on, even though I knew better--to see if Spectrum had noticed my presence and sent out an alert.
It had not. I was in the clear.
Most people were still t...2019-05-1410 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 6
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
I WENT TO THE conference room door intent on getting out of the building as quick as possible. Why was Reed taking aim at his own company? He had just changed his strategy, and I needed to figure out why.
The statement from the fake me that DataRader had been naughty made me think Reed was about t...2019-05-0708 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 5
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
KRIS GAVE ME A toothy smile that lacked even the hint of an apology for the deception. Not only that, she was enjoying the moment. Every single time she’d referred to her boss she had always acted as if she were speaking of a man. Even right before we’d come into this office, Kris had still been intent...2019-04-3012 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 4
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
THE SILENCE IN THE car became awkward while I decided how to respond to Kris’ demand. I wasn’t surprised she was using my current situation as leverage but I could have avoided it altogether. It had been a mistake to get into her car but I’d been presented with an easy option. I’d taken it bef...2019-04-2312 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 3
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
IT SEEMED AS THOUGH an eternity passed while I considered how to respond to the cop’s order, but it wasn’t more than a second or two. I wouldn’t say I’d become used to walking past police officers, but my disguises had allowed me to do that multiple times.
...2019-04-1615 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 2
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
LIGHTNING TORE THROUGH THE sky, and it was followed by thunder. I wiped the rain off my face, squinting as I ran towards the cab Ronald Essler had just disappeared into. My messenger bag bounced off my back and slid against my waist. Using an elbow I pushed it back into place.
A man stepped in front o...2019-04-0913 minDan Decker BooksBlood Games - Episode 1
This week’s episode features a chapter from Blood Games, Jake Ramsey Book #3, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
LIGHTNING TORE THROUGH THE sky, and it was followed by thunder. I wiped the rain off my face, squinting as I ran towards the cab Ronald Essler had just disappeared into. My messenger bag bounced off my back and slid against my waist. Using an elbow I pushed it back into place.
A man stepped in front o...2019-04-0213 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 29
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
I FROZE, SHIFTING MY pistol behind my back so it wasn’t obvious to the children I was armed. I had expected to find kids who’d lost their way and had planned to usher them after Deon.
Margaret and Benji were the last people I’d expected to find here. I’d never considered Reed would already be putting the...2019-03-2617 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 28
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
I WENT TO JOIN HIM, scanning the rest of the area as I did. I didn’t see anything to cause alarm.
I joined him beside a table where he was bent over a cardboard box. When I saw that he’d slit it open with a knife, I cringed. If it were me I would have still been openi...2019-03-1508 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 27
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
Sam didn’t appear to notice the terrified looks he received from those around him. He glanced at me before looking at Deon. I saw recognition in his eyes. He knew it was me.
How did he know? My current disguise was among my best.
“He has a gun! He has a gun!” I didn’t see who scream...2019-03-1309 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 26
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
JUST IN CASE DIGGON had decided I was worth tracking by satellite, I detoured through several buildings and took off my jacket. I switched hats as well. As an added precaution, I turned off my smartphone and took out its battery. I’d been careful to never call anybody but Kris with it.
I headed to the DataRader headquar...2019-03-0508 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 25
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
MY BREATH CAUGHT IN my throat as I stared at the letter. I had wanted to believe Ron had told me the truth.
This is why you don’t trust anybody, said the paranoid voice in the back of my mind.
I hated to learn my paranoia was well founded. It made me worry that one day my sk...2019-02-1908 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 24
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
I WANTED TO FEEL encouraged as I left Ron Essler’s place, but I couldn’t help thinking he’d been lying to me. I didn’t know what it was that bothered me. Perhaps it was because he’d seemed eager to answer my questions. Maybe it was because he’d believed me about the video when everybody else needed convincing...2019-02-1211 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 23
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
RONALD LIVED ON THE fourth floor and I resisted the urge to run up the stairs. I wasn’t in a hurry. I had plenty of time. The one thing I needed to do now was avoid calling attention to myself. I needed to look like I belonged in the building.
On the first landing, I closed my eyes and...2019-02-0612 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 22
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
SWEAT TRICKLED DOWN THE side of my head and the small of my back. A sense of horror settled onto me like a net. I held in my hand the smoking gun. This paper linked Margaret to Reed.
Given what I knew of the man, this couldn’t be a coincidence. I pulled out my phone and took pictures...2019-01-3010 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 21
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
I FOUND MARGARET’S OLD address by midafternoon. She had lived in a rundown duplex on a tiny lot. Similarly dilapidated housing was on either side. The lawn was overgrown but it was generous to even refer to it as grass. It looked more like a cultivated dandelion patch.
The driveway of the ramshackle home was empty, the concrete...2019-01-2209 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 20
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
THE MORNING CAME QUICKLY. I spent the rest of the night taking a circuitous route back my apartment. I wanted to believe Shannon had been straight with me about what she knew but couldn’t discount the possibility the whole thing had been a setup to get me to trust her again.
I remembered all too well how Shannon...2019-01-0915 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 19
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
I FELT LIKE AN animal that had been caught in a hunter’s trap. One I’d knowingly walked into. I’d been too bold by half, thinking I could wait around for the backup team to show. I tried to tell myself I’d waited to help Martinez’s girlfriend but it wasn’t the truth. I had hoped Shannon would come...2018-12-2611 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 18
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
THE NIGHT AIR WAS colder than before. I took up position on the opposite side of the garbage can. With the potential for bullets, I wanted something that might provide more stopping power than a cardboard box. The can was overflowing, so I used the trash to break up my profile. My eyes were level with the top of the trashc...2018-12-1710 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 17
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
“YOU’RE A MURDERER, JAKE!” Cherry yelled through my earpiece. My finger tightened on the trigger of my Glock. My headset was on mute so she hadn’t heard Mike’s words coming through my microphone. “You took away the only father I had.”
Frank laughed as if in response to what she’d said.
I should have felt anger...2018-12-1012 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 16
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
A SINGLE BEAD OF sweat trickled down the side of my head but I didn’t move to wipe it away. I breathed through my mouth in short breaths to keep the stench from distracting me. I could just make out the rear window of the car from my position.
What would I do if Shannon got out?
Th...2018-12-0411 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 15
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
THE MOON CAME OUT from behind the clouds, casting the alley beside Benny’s Diner in light and forcing me to push deeper into the shadows. I wasn’t sure if there was still smoke in the air from the bombing but I could smell it. The media had been in an uproar since the attack. Three people had died in the bla...2018-11-2712 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 14
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
THE SPEED OF THE crowd might have lessened by the time we’d put several more blocks behind us, but if so it wasn’t by much. It had thinned out the further I’d gone from the blast site. I didn’t feel like a sardine any longer but I was still in a thick flow of people.
I didn’t kno...2018-11-1410 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 13
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
I MOVED OUT OF the flow of foot traffic while I fished in my bag for a pair of earbuds. Once I was right up against a stone building, I replayed the video several times looking for a clue that might give me an idea of who had done this.
Had Reed Warner done this because I’d refused t...2018-11-1314 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 12
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING?” Kris asked.
I didn’t reply as I pulled her so she faced me, making her no longer visible to the man’s camera. He’d probably already taken a picture, but if not, I’d just kept him from getting one.
I’d also just let him know I was onto him.
If it ha...2018-11-0211 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 11
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
I WALKED TO MY afternoon meeting with Kris. The solitude and the chill fall air calmed me. After the altercation with Sam, I needed the time to decompress and gather my thoughts.
I undertook a number of tactics to lose anybody who might be following me. I picked crowded areas to walk through and made sure to duck in and...2018-10-2912 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 10
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
I HAD THE CAB stop when we passed a gas station I remembered from the night before. I preferred to take a bus or walk, but as I had somewhere to be in a few hours, I justified the expense. Money wasn’t tight as long as my accounts weren’t discovered by law enforcement. I dreaded every time I needed to...2018-10-2213 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 9
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
MY PHONE BEEPED, ROUSING me from a fitful sleep as it chased away my dreams. I stared at the yellow ceiling, reliving the previous night and wondering what I might have done differently.
In the heat of the moment, I rarely doubted my actions. It was usually obvious what I needed to do, so I acted, wrangling with the co...2018-10-1613 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 8
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
“SIR,” SAM SAID, HIS back straight and his eyes wary, “we cannot work with this man.” His face was red. He still held the knife with the blade pointed at me.
“He’s not the terrorist he’s made out to be,” Reed said. “You’re making me regret I brought you tonight.”
“If word gets out—”
“And how would tha...2018-10-0911 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 7
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
THE BODYGUARDS TENSED when they saw Reed’s snub-nosed pistol. Judging by their surprise, they hadn’t known he carried a gun. As I processed the moment, a single bead of sweat trickled down my face and into my mouth. It tasted like blood, which turned my stomach. Always had, always would. I didn’t enjoy rare steak or even sushi.
2018-10-0215 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 6
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
I GROWLED UNDER MY breath and clenched my hands. The smug look of satisfaction on Bulbous Nose’s face made me want to break his nose.
Call a man a terrorist enough, and you made him want to become one. Perhaps that was what this was all about. They were hoping to provoke me into doing something rash.
Was...2018-09-2615 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 5
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
WHEN I CAME TO, I wondered if there was something to my last thought of slipping away to the other side. I couldn’t see and my body wasn’t responding.
The thought left as my grogginess faded. I became aware I had something covering my head. My hands and arms were bound behind my back to what felt like t...2018-09-1809 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 4
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
I WORKED MY WAY through the crowd, spotting a woman as she helped a man sit on the building steps. Neither seemed to care they were right below where the bomb had gone off or that large chunks of debris had fallen on all sides of where they sat. The woman had kicked away a broken brick so the man could...2018-09-1114 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 3
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
I GRIPPED THE BUTT of my pistol but didn’t pull it out. I tried to not think about the man’s family and those who would mourn his death. Fear seeped into my bones as I approached the van. Using my elbow, I pushed the half-open door until it was fully ajar and examined the cab but found nothing of use....2018-09-0411 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 2
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is an excerpt from the show:
I OPENED MY MOUTH to yell a warning but the words died on my lips. I flinched as the truck driver slammed the brakes and honked the horn, his reactions coming a second or two after he’d hit the man. The poor man had been shoved into his car door, ripping it off. Both went flying as the truck...2018-08-2810 minDan Decker BooksDark Spectrum - Episode 1
This week’s episode features a chapter from Dark Spectrum, Jake Ramsey Book #2, the first book Black Brick is available as a free ebook from most ebook vendors. Here is the book description:
Jake Ramsey has lost everything. His job. His life. His sense of self. He can’t go outside unless he wears a disguise and even if he does all that, he is afraid to speak, fearing his location will be detected.
When Jake finds himself engulfed in the middle of a terrorist attack, it isn’t long before he suspects...2018-08-1719 minDan Decker BooksLord of the Inferno - Chapter Twenty Nine, Part Two
This week’s episode features a chapter from Lord of the Inferno, Volume Two of War of the Fathers. War of the Fathers is available as a free ebook if you sign up for the Dan Decker Newsletter. Here is an excerpt from the show:
“We did it!” Neare dropped his end on the ground as a large piece of shrapnel whizzed by overhead. Adar shrunk to the cobblestones and felt it whip over him too and collide with the ship behind him. When he looked up, he saw Neare sprawling beside the blaster. He though...2018-08-1417 minDan Decker BooksLord of the Inferno - Chapter Twenty Nine, Part One
This week’s episode features a chapter from Lord of the Inferno, Volume Two of War of the Fathers. War of the Fathers is available as a free ebook if you sign up for the Dan Decker Newsletter. Here is an excerpt from the show:
Adar felt a chill run down his spine as he examined the town square, the rough edges of the hole he’d made in the ship’s door were just overhead. The Hunwei and turncoats that had been around the tower were gone.
How long had it been since...2018-08-0718 minDan Decker BooksLord of the Inferno - Chapter Twenty Eight
This week’s episode features a chapter from Lord of the Inferno, Volume Two of War of the Fathers. War of the Fathers is available as a free ebook if you sign up for the Dan Decker Newsletter. Here is an excerpt from the show:
The morning light blinded Soret as it reflected off the still pool outside of the arch, causing her to stumble as she stepped out onto the small grassy knoll.
She pushed a hand to the side and clawed at the air as she toppled over. Luckily, she was ab...2018-07-3120 minDan Decker BooksLord of the Inferno - Chapter Twenty Seven
This week’s episode features a chapter from Lord of the Inferno, Volume Two of War of the Fathers. War of the Fathers is available as a free ebook if you sign up for the Dan Decker Newsletter. Here is an excerpt from the show:
Adar rolled to his feet and kicked away the turncoat’s blaster from where the man’s body had fallen. It skidded across the floor until it came to a stop.
Why had the weapon worked for the turncoat but not for him?
Adar had pulled the tr...2018-07-2318 minDan Decker BooksLord of the Inferno - Chapter Twenty Six
This week’s episode features a chapter from Lord of the Inferno, Volume Two of War of the Fathers. War of the Fathers is available as a free ebook if you sign up for the Dan Decker Newsletter. Here is an excerpt from the show:
Kura wanted to stab Adar with a dagger as he took off. Stay? Look captive? His actions had unfortunately caught her off guard, and she had no choice but to do as he said. She closed her eyes until they were slits, so she looked asleep but could still make ou...2018-07-1714 minDan Decker BooksLord of the Inferno - Chapter Twenty Five
This week’s episode features a chapter from Lord of the Inferno, Volume Two of War of the Fathers. War of the Fathers is available as a free ebook if you sign up for the Dan Decker Newsletter. Here is an excerpt from the show:
It was still dark when Adar awoke with a start. Stars were overhead, and a slight breeze caressed his forehead. He could tell by the height of the moons that dawn was approaching. The sky was already starting to lighten or was that just his imagination?
He discovered hi...2018-07-0923 minDan Decker BooksLord of the Inferno - Chapter Twenty Four
This week’s episode features a chapter from Lord of the Inferno, Volume Two of War of the Fathers. War of the Fathers is available as a free ebook if you sign up for the Dan Decker Newsletter. Here is an excerpt from the show:
Neare came to with a start. It was dark outside, and the fire had died down, only the glow from the embers giving him light to see. Thon’s chest continued to move, despite the lack of proper medical attention. It was surprising the man hadn't long since died.
I...2018-07-0210 min